Published by Nunney History Group, 135 pages. Large A4 size paperback (N8381)
This book provides a fascinating history of the Somerset villages of Nunney and Trudoxhill in times gone by, and the contents include:
THE STUDY AREA, Location, Physical Background, Placenames
THE DISTANT PAST, prehistory, Roman Nunney, Saxon Nunney, Norman Nunney
MEDIEVAL NUNNEY, The Royal Forest of Selwood, Nunney Market and Fair, Black Death, the Castle, the Chantry, Life in Medieval Nunney
THE NUNNEY MANORS, Nunney Manor, Nunney Delamare, Nunney Glaston, Trudoxhill, The Last Lord of the Manor
FARMING, Arable Land, Pasture and Meadow, common Grazing, Pounds, Woodland, agricultural Improvements, Dairy Farming, diversification, My Childhood at Bellevue Farm
PAST INDUSTRY, Corn Mills, Iron, Pottery, Cloth, Silk
MORE RECENT INDUSTRY, Working with Wood, Thatching, tanning, Agricultural Implements, Chocolates, The Wiltshire Smokehouse, limestone, Lime
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT Roads, Canals, Road Improvements, Road Transport, Public Transport, Private Transport
CHURCHES AND CHAPELS, Nunney Cross, Nunney All Saints, Trudoxhill St Lawrence, Trudoxhill Congregational Chapel, Nunney Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Nunney Primitive Methodist Chapel
EDUCATION, Schools, Pre-school, The Girton Four
CARING FOR THE POOR AND SICK, Poor Relief, Nunney Parish Poorhouse, Frome Union Workhouse, Nunney Charities, Medical Care, Water Supplies and Sanitation, Health and Housing
LAW AND ORDER, Medieval Crime, The Justice of the Peace, Punishment, The Village Policeman
NUNNEY AT WAR, Elizabethan Musters, The Civil War, Monmouth Rebellion, War in South Africa, World War 1, World War 2
COMMERCE, Inns and Public Houses, Shops, Garages
LEISURE TIME, Indoor and Outdoor Space, Tourism
EVENTS, Annual Events - Special Events
CLUBS AND SOCIETIES, Activities for Young People, Clubs and Societies for Women, Clubs and Societies for Men, Clubs for All, Sport
APPENDICES, Money Matters, Rectors, Casualties of War, Roll of Honour 1914
Condition of the book is generally very good. The covers have one or two very minor scuffs but are clean and bright, the spine is intact and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.